Cat Scientists
@liztapanes.bsky.social
We are cats and scientists. Our mom is only the latter. Views our own. ❤️🙃
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
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"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
September 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
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From October, but new to me as I write about biodiversity tonight:
38% of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment
38% of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment
More than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction - IUCN Red List
Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red...
iucn.org
March 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
From October, but new to me as I write about biodiversity tonight:
38% of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment
38% of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment
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Our paper on global endemism in island plants is highlighted by @mongabay.bsky.social - many thanks for featuring this story!
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link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ecology #PlantScience #nature #plants #biology #science #research #conservation #island
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ecology #PlantScience #nature #plants #biology #science #research #conservation #island
More than 20% of Earth’s plants grow only on islands, global study finds
More than a fifth of the Earth’s plant species are found only on islands, making them one of the largest biodiversity hotspots, a breakthrough global study has found. This conclusion has pushed the sc...
news.mongabay.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Our paper on global endemism in island plants is highlighted by @mongabay.bsky.social - many thanks for featuring this story!
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ecology #PlantScience #nature #plants #biology #science #research #conservation #island
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ecology #PlantScience #nature #plants #biology #science #research #conservation #island
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I'm overwhelmed with sadness for Tahlequah Orca. That this is happening again, after her 2018 famous grief swim for her dead calf, is too devastating. #animalgrief #orca #Tahlequah 🌿🌊
Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf
Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.
www.seattletimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm overwhelmed with sadness for Tahlequah Orca. That this is happening again, after her 2018 famous grief swim for her dead calf, is too devastating. #animalgrief #orca #Tahlequah 🌿🌊
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Fish and Wildlife Service seeks to list monarchs as threatened under the endangered species act:
www.fws.gov/press-releas...
www.fws.gov/press-releas...
Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterfly | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species - the monarch butterfly - and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The Service ...
www.fws.gov
December 10, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Fish and Wildlife Service seeks to list monarchs as threatened under the endangered species act:
www.fws.gov/press-releas...
www.fws.gov/press-releas...
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Great must-read review paper on species redistribution ecology under anthropogenic climate change by Jake Lawlor et al. from the awesome #CESAB #BIOSHIFTS working group !
Out this week in NatRevEarthEnv
t.co/KD9sCDoF8s
🧪🌍🦤🦑
Out this week in NatRevEarthEnv
t.co/KD9sCDoF8s
🧪🌍🦤🦑
April 23, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Great must-read review paper on species redistribution ecology under anthropogenic climate change by Jake Lawlor et al. from the awesome #CESAB #BIOSHIFTS working group !
Out this week in NatRevEarthEnv
t.co/KD9sCDoF8s
🧪🌍🦤🦑
Out this week in NatRevEarthEnv
t.co/KD9sCDoF8s
🧪🌍🦤🦑
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“The collective diffraction of light produces an array of colors. When the fish contracts and relaxes its muscles to swim, the sarcomeres slightly change in length, causing a shifting rainbow effect.”
#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish
www.sciencenews.org/article/tran...
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#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish
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These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why
Repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles separate white light that passes through their bodies into different wavelengths.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“The collective diffraction of light produces an array of colors. When the fish contracts and relaxes its muscles to swim, the sarcomeres slightly change in length, causing a shifting rainbow effect.”
#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish
www.sciencenews.org/article/tran...
🧪 🐟 🌈
#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish
www.sciencenews.org/article/tran...
🧪 🐟 🌈
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"Vineyards account for just 2% of Europe’s cultivated area but use 41% of its fungicides" - Excited to see how genome editing could enable more sustainable viticulture by reducing its reliance on chemical treatments.
#CRISPR #genediting
#CRISPR #genediting
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited grape vines have begun in northern Italy. Developed by EdiVite, Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to enable them to better defend themselves against downy mildew, a major fungal disease
Italy tests first gene-edited vines for winemaking - Nature Biotechnology
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines began in northern Italy on 30 September 2024. Developed by EdiVite, a spinoff from the University of Verona, these Chardonnay vines have undergone gene ...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
"Vineyards account for just 2% of Europe’s cultivated area but use 41% of its fungicides" - Excited to see how genome editing could enable more sustainable viticulture by reducing its reliance on chemical treatments.
#CRISPR #genediting
#CRISPR #genediting
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After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior
#GreatLakes
www.wmuk.org/2024-11-20/a...
#GreatLakes
www.wmuk.org/2024-11-20/a...
After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior
After the population of Lake Superior's top predator fish fell by 95%, the lake trout restoration effort has returned it to sustainable levels, researchers say.
www.wmuk.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM
After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior
#GreatLakes
www.wmuk.org/2024-11-20/a...
#GreatLakes
www.wmuk.org/2024-11-20/a...
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During the 1960s, NATO scientists considered biodiversity to be a strategic asset. Inspired by ecologist Charles Elton, they recognized that complex ecosystems (which are resilient to the loss of a few links) are less vulnerable to disruption by environmental warfare. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/o...
Opinion | Ecology Lessons From the Cold War (Published 2013)
Biodiversity was a survival strategy for the next global conflict.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:09 AM
During the 1960s, NATO scientists considered biodiversity to be a strategic asset. Inspired by ecologist Charles Elton, they recognized that complex ecosystems (which are resilient to the loss of a few links) are less vulnerable to disruption by environmental warfare. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/o...